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An easy cocktail for last-minute festivities.
An easy cocktail for last-minute festivities.
If you like punch, you’ll think David Wondrich is a knockout.
Punch you’ll want to throw down for.
You and this punch are really going to gel.
Our New Year’s resolutions to the tune of indie rock.
New Year. New you. New blogger to follow.
December 30-January 2: Resolution-fulfilling yoga, New Year’s Eve dinner plans, plus a new burger joint.
December 31: Ring in the New Year with a cocktail fest, roller disco, and dancing galore.
December 30-January 2: Toast, meditate, wine, and dine. End 2010 with a bang.
December 30-January 3: Free tequila, a new workout, and cheap ’n’ chic cards.
December 30-January 2: Ring in 2011 with a misfit marching band, Euro-style hot cocoa, and a resolution-ready cycling studio.
We’re counting down the ways to have a fun night — even without a babysitter.
Top-tier contemporary art, strange soap, and snow day entertainment (books and condoms).
Five art spots that won’t be thronged with tourists.
December 30-January 2: A java-inspired rubdown, snappy new scissors, and hangover cures for New Year’s Day.
December 31: New Year’s Eve parties that are both fun and wallet friendly.
December 30-January 2: Hi-tech greens, all-day breakfast at Diesel, a new B&B, and wearable art.
Good times are guaranteed at the high-energy watering hole with killer cocktails, craft brews (plus cheap PBR), pub grub, and a dog-friendly patio.
Ice-skating, classical music, a big top New Year’s Eve party, and brunch with $1 mimosas.
Swing through the air with the greatest of ease — with a harness and help from professional artists. The school also teaches silks, trampoline, and juggling. Not for the faint of heart, these exercises build core muscles and confidence.
December 30-January 3: A weekend of endings (champagne, oysters, hot chocolate) and beginnings (indoor cycling).
Bean nerds stampede for the Stumptown Coffee Roasters blends, while the sweet-toothed sip French hot chocolate — a luxe elixir of Valrhona cocoa powder from the Rhone Valley.
NYC transplant Cate Brinch opened the city’s first indoor spinning spot, which offers more than twenty a la carte classes each week. A holistic, nonjudgmental environment attracts a wide age range.
30 December-2 January: Detox. Retox. And start again.
There’s rhyme and reason to our picks for the best new restos of 2010.
Five films take you to five continents without your ever having to leave your sofa.
Seven titles that nearly slipped through the cracks.
From how-tos to relationship advice, here are our favorite videos of the year.
Want all eyes on you on New Year’s Eve? Recreate this dramatic makeup look at home.
A former stylist and journalist teamed up to fill their beaurty den with all-natural and organic products, local treasures, and exclusive imports such as Lubatti and Amanda Lacey.
Eighteen reasons we loved 2010.
Two easy apps and a built-in soundtrack: Your New Year’s party is set.
Have houseguests? Skip Disneyland in favor of these five offbeat attractions.
It was the year of the pig. And here’s homage to prove it.
Connect with community-based organizations looking for gently used items like toys and books.
A fun, memory-making game to play on New Year’s Eve.
A little sparkle power goes a long way. When the ball drops, make sure you’re decked out in these key shimmery pieces.
We’re no Barbara Walters, but we’ve made a few fascinating discoveries this year, too.
Start the New Year with a clean home and good conscience.
Dance ’til your feet swell with our supersize party playlist.
A British installation artist turns everyday photos into anything-but-ordinary wall art.
A kid-friendly recipe that’s easy as three … two … one.
What to say when the cat (or the ninth saucer of champers) has got your tongue.
Necklaces and bracelets that double as teethers.
A British installation artist turns everyday photos into anything-but-ordinary wall art.
A British installation artist turns everyday photos into anything-but-ordinary wall art.
The Roscoe Village art center shows you how to really sound off this New Year’s Eve.
A British installation artist turns everyday photos into anything-but-ordinary wall art.
A fairy godmother sprinkles party dust on your kid-friendly NYE bash.
A British installation artist turns everyday photos into anything-but-ordinary wall art.